Cathy
Sultan
Fiction Writer of Middle East Political and Spy Thrillers.
Author of Nonfiction books on the Lebanese civil war, the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, and the 2006 War between Israel and Hezbollah.
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Hamas entered southern Israel on October 7, killing Israeli soldiers and civilians. Israel retaliated, killing upward of 38,000 Palestinians and wounding some 80,000 others. For decades, the plight of the Palestinian people has been ignored. Hamas’s actions and Israel’s response have put issues of apartheid, genocide and famine front and center. Students and activists from around the world have taken up the Palestinian cause and selflessly made it their own.
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About Cathy
In 1969, I moved to Beirut with my Lebanese husband and two small children. Until 1975, we lived peacefully in a lovely rooftop apartment overlooking the city. I had mastered French and was learning Arabic; my children were already fluent in both. In those six years, I found myself applauding the young American who had accomplished a great many things. At the same time, I began to feel great trepidation. Even if I had wanted to believe that something would be done in time to stop a civil war, I could no longer ignore the fact that my beloved city—and quite possibly my entire life—was slowly coming undone.
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Cathy Sultan is an award-winning author of three nonfiction books: A Beirut Heart: One Woman’s War; Israeli and Palestinian Voices: A Dialogue with Both Sides; and Tragedy in South Lebanon. A Beirut Heart was translated into Chinese in 2013. The Syrian, a political thriller, was her first work of fiction, followed by Damascus Street. Her third in the Syria quartet is due to be published in the spring of 2021. Sultan is also a peace activist. She spent several years at the National Peace Foundation, then served on the Board of Directors of Interfaith Peace Builders (now Eyewitness Palestine), an NGO based in Washington, D.C. She took her first trip to Israel/Palestine in March 2002 and subsequently co-lead five delegations to Israel/Palestine on behalf of IFPB, including one to Gaza in 2012.
promoting peace
Sultan spent fifteen years as an engaged peace activist. She served on the Board of the National Peace Foundation. She subsequently joined the Board of Directors of Interfaith Peace Builders (now Eyewitness Palestine), an NGO based in Washington, D.C. She took her first trip to Israel/Palestine in March 2002 and later co-lead five delegations to Israel/Palestine on behalf of IFPB, including one to Gaza in 2012
“My writing has given me a voice, which, in turn, has influenced my activism, motivated me to challenge the halls of power and bring the lies behind our leaders’ never-ending wars to as wide an audience as possible.”